Name: Awesome New Tab Page Platform: Google Chrome Price: Free Mission: Enhance your New Tab page with ultimate customizability and power. Clog rating: “Awesome, like you.” While the tagline is definitely high in flattery, the product certainly delivers. It falls into a category of extensions that people often overlook — Read More…
Sure, Twitter is a great place to browse through headlines, stay up to date on important news and disseminate revolutionary ideas. But we at the Clog think that a home page full of news sources alone can be quite depressing. What you just read might be the ultimate first-world problem. Read More…
Name: momenTOGO Platform: iOS Price: Free Description: Capture the moment and share your memory Today our spotlight turns to Fred Scarf, one of our very own Berkeley students in Interdisciplinary Studies, who has spent eight months creating momenTOGO for the iPhone. Upon seeing a close friend succumb to cancer at Read More…
“Would you rather win the lottery or become a paraplegic?” That’s the question that Harvard psychology professor Dan Gilbert opens with on his TED Talk, and as it turns out, it may not matter for your happiness: After one year, both paraplegics and lottery winners were equally happy. Strange, huh? Read More…
Have you ever played a dating simulation game before? We at the Clog are aware that you’re not going to admit it if you have, but there is no denying that playing one can be sort of be fun … well, until you remember that none of it is real Read More…
Name: Auto AirBears Platform: Google Chrome Price: Free Mission: “Automatically logs into AirBears” The dorms’ wireless service, ResComp, kicks you off the Internet at the conclusion of four hours online and requires you to enter your username and password every time. AirBears, the campus’s Wi-Fi, makes you log on every Read More…
With summer already rolling, we gamers at the Clog can finally play those spring-released video games that we couldn’t get our hands on during the busy semester. Of course, if you’re one of those who had a game setup here in Berkeley, then please disregard this. Regardless, here is a Read More…
If you’re like the vast majority of Cal students who reward themselves for a tough semester by lounging about in a state of perpetual laziness, you’re probably seated in a reclined position with your left hand propping up your unwashed face. You’ve been in this semihibernation phase for almost a Read More…
Name: Augment Platform(s): iOS, Android Price: Free Mission: ”Visualize 3-D Models in Augmented Reality” Easily one of the most powerful smartphone apps we’ve seen to date, it may be considered a godsend for those trying to figure out how to furnish and organize their new place of residence for the summer Read More…
Name: Current Caller ID Platform(s): Android Price: Free Mission: Social-media integrated caller ID on your phone Disenchanted with boring old caller ID? It’s the 21st century, and you’d expect more than a name and number nowadays. If this sounds like you, the Clog’s here with a solution: Current Caller ID. When someone calls you, Read More…